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Abingdon Square Doughboy

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New York, New York.
As its faded inscription reads, this sculpture was "erected by popular subscription in honor of the brave men who went forth from this neighborhood to join the Armed Forces of the United States during the World War.” The . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Parks & Recreational Areas • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

History of the Lincoln Street Tunnel

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Columbia, South Carolina.
In 1899, construction on the Lincoln Street Tunnel, or "cut," began. It was part of Seaboard Air Line Railroad's plan to connect the rail terminal at Sidney Park with a passenger depot and diner at the corner of Lincoln and . . .

(Bridges & Viaducts • Parks & Recreational Areas • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Entdeckungsort der Röntgenstrahlen / Site of the Discovery of X-Rays

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, Germany.
Physikalisches Institut der Universität Würzburg (1879-1978) In diesem Gebäude, dem ehemaligen Physikalischen Institut der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, entdeckte Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen am 8. November 1895 die . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Northern Kentucky University / Early Schoolhouse

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Newport, Kentucky.
Northern Kentucky University began as an extension center of University of Kentucky, 1948. It became community college, 1962, and by 1976 was a state university. It moved here from Covington in 1972. The 300-acre NKU campus . . .

(Education • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Titanic and Olympic Slipways

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, United Kingdom.
KEY (1) (2) The illuminated blue lines demonstrate the actual size and location of the Titanic (1) and Olympic (2) ships constructed on these two Slipways. (3) The turfed and decked areas denote the proportions of people . . .

(Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Waterways & Vessels) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

World War I Memorial

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Fullerton, Pennsylvania.
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(Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

UT Tower Shooting Memorial

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Austin, Texas.
Interfecti August 1, 1966 Thomas Aquinas Ashton Dr. Robert H. Boyer Thomas Frederick Eckman Mark Jerome Gabour Karen Joan Griffith David H. Gunby Thomas Ray Karr Marguerite Gabour Lamport Claudia Rutt Roy Dell Schmidt Paul . . .

(Notable Events) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Fullerton, Pennsylvania.
In memory of men and women of Fullerton who served in the Armed Forces with distinction and valor

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, Korean • War, Vietnam • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

McCawley Park: Carbondale's UFO

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Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
Carbondale's UFO On November 9, 1974, at approximately 1900 hours, three Carbondale teenage boys reported to Carbondale Police that they had observed a glowing airborne object, traveling east to west rapidly. It descend[ed] . . .

(Air & Space) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

1001 Gervais Street

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Columbia, South Carolina.
Preservation efforts in the Congaree Vista have returned historic structures to their 19th- and early-20th century appearances. A perfect example is the ca. 1900 commercial structure changed dramatically for use as an . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Electric Power Pole

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Los Angeles, California.
On this corner, March 30, 1916, was erected the first pole of the municipal electric distribution system of the City of Los Angeles. This plaque placed February 5, 1952, by the Department of Water and Power as a part of the . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Hastings

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, Barbados.
Hastings Barbados You Are Entering A UNESCO World Heritage Property Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison exhibits an important interchange of human values in the diversity of African, European and other ethnicities, and the . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Main Guard

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, Barbados.
The Main Guard Built in 1804 Still known today as The Main Guard At the central point of the Garrison, this building was also used for courts martial, with prisoners held in the guard house at rear. Sold into private hands . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Royal Artillery Barracks

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, Barbados.
Royal Artillery Barracks Built in 1812 Known today as Stafford House. The second storey arches were added after much of that floor was damaged during the 1831 hurricane. Originally used by the Artillery, this building was . . .

(Colonial Era • Forts, Castles • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Monument to Those Lost in the 1831 Hurricane

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, Barbados.
Near This Spot Rest the Remains of Fourteen Soldiers And one Married Woman of the 36th Regiment who were killed by the destruction of the Barracks and Hospital during The awful visitation of the hurricane. August 11th, 1831. . . .

(Colonial Era • Disasters) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Sir Grantley Herbert Adams

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, Barbados.
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams Q.C., C.M.G. 1898-1971 Leader of the Government and Premier of Barbados 1946-1958 Primer Minister of the West Indies 1958-1962 “He was ready at the time when the people needed a leader who would be . . .

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Errol Walton Barrow

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, Barbados.
The Barbados Cruising Club Salutes the Right Excellent Errol Walton Barrow On this Errol Barrow Day, January 21, 2018, the Barbados Cruising Club dedicates this memorial at our Aquatic Gap, Pebbles Beach home, to our first . . .

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Politics • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Kohlrausch, Roentgen, and Wien

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, Germany.
Hier wohnten und forschten Friedrich Kohlrausch * 14.10.1840 in Rinteln †17.1.1910 in Marburg 1875-1888 Professor an der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Lehrstuhl für Physik Verfasste 1870 das bis 1996 . . .

(Science & Medicine) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bottomland Hardwoods

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Krotz Springs, Louisiana.
Bottomland hardwood forests are seasonally flooded and are commonly known as swamps. These areas once covered great regions of the South but are now a patchwork system of fragmented lands. Great swamps had many things that . . .

(Environment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The RS-3 Diesel-Electric Locomotive

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Schenectady, New York.
This is an RS-3 diesel-electric locomotive built by Alco in Schenectady as 1 of 1,370 RS-3's from May 1950 through August 1956. This locomotive was designed and used as [a] road switcher. The RS-3 is powered by a 1,600 . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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